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Ads (Google Adsense Bot)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:28 pm
by musicman2343
Has anybody noticed double green lines underneath certain words on the site? When you mouse-over them, ads pop up for things.

It just started happening today. I noticed down at the bottom of the page under active users that "Google Adsense Bot" was active within the last 5 minutes (which was also underlined in green).

Is that causing it? If so, can it be blocked?

Re: Ads (Google Adsense Bot)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:05 pm
by pdt1081
musicman2343 wrote:Has anybody noticed double green lines underneath certain words on the site? When you mouse-over them, ads pop up for things.

It just started happening today. I noticed down at the bottom of the page under active users that "Google Adsense Bot" was active within the last 5 minutes (which was also underlined in green).

Is that causing it? If so, can it be blocked?
You have a virus. Someone on another board posted the same thing. He found a virus inside Google Chrome.

Re: Ads (Google Adsense Bot)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:26 pm
by musicman2343
Fantastic.... I don't use chrome though. I use Firefox.

Guess I'll be taking my laptop in...

Re: Ads (Google Adsense Bot)

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:03 pm
by BGDrew
Just install Spybots and run it regularly.

Re: Ads (Google Adsense Bot)

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:42 pm
by musicman2343
BGDrew wrote:Just install Spybots and run it regularly.
I've had it and it still got through. It's not finding it when I run a scan.

Re: Ads (Google Adsense Bot)

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:42 am
by Lord_Byron
Try this site, Musicman. It was developed by a guy who writes the computer help column in the local paper. You'll need to do the "Windows Waltz".

It takes a while, but you have to follow all the steps completely and it does a good job of cleaning out anything you might have picked up.

http://securitytango.com/

Re: Ads (Google Adsense Bot)

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 1:19 pm
by musicman2343
Thanks! Ran it once and didn't find anything. Got it the second time though!

Amazing what gets picked up while surfing the net...